Would need help slecting a new gaming Pc

[quote=ShiftyCake]if you're going to build it, make sure you do a bit of research on the topic. It's relatively safe, but a mistake in the installation could result in an electric surge to short out your $200 graphics card. look up ESD in relation to computers. Generally holding onto the metal case is a proficient enough method to ward off any ESD. Also if you install a heat sink on top of your CPU you'll want to know the most efficient method to lay on the thermal paste. Just things like this, because stuffing up at certain points in the procedure can lead to problems within your computer. There are also problems with parts you buy, as in certain parts don't work in certain motherboard's etc. Well, [url=http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/08/how-to-build-a-computer-from-scratch-the-complete-guide/]this might help[/url] I've had a skim through it and it seems to give a pretty good job at explaining and helping you step by step from providing you with the basics to setting up your operating system.[/quote]

[quote=Joxuu][quote=Searz] [quote=Joxuu] [spoiler][IMG]http://i4.aijaa.com/b/00313/9142878.png[/IMG][/spoiler][/quote] Is that your PC or is that what you're recommending? Because Haswell(Intel 4000 series) and GTX700 is out on the market now, so why would he buy older parts? [/quote] Posted picture as a example what it could look like. I did say he could upgrade processor and video card, if he wants to spend some more money.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=Joxuu] Posted picture as a example what it could look like. I did say he could upgrade processor and video card, if he wants to spend some more money.[/quote] Well, don't post old parts when recommending to others. That's just silly.[/quote]

[quote=Joxuu][quote=Searz] [quote=Joxuu] Posted picture as a example what it could look like. I did say he could upgrade processor and video card, if he wants to spend some more money.[/quote] Well, don't post old parts when recommending to others. That's just silly. [/quote] But but.. It was example :([/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=SkidmarkD] Btw, who still uses optical drives?[/quote] People that have no clue about technology. (was gonna say old people, but they're doing that as a result of not knowing)[/quote]

[quote=lifebaka][quote=SkidmarkD] Btw, who still uses optical drives? [/quote] I still want a CD reader on my computers. I like to buy physical CDs to play in my car, so being able to rip the files (at a bitrate of my own choosing) is useful to me. A DVD/Bluray reader is nice if I want to rent movies from Redbox, although I also have other devices to fill that niche. It also helps a lot for people who are only minorly tech savvy and don't want to go through the trouble of setting up bootable USB drives for reinstalling their OS or doing hard drive transfers/reformats. This was necessary for me, recently, when my computer's hard drive was trying to die and I had to mirror it onto a new hard drive to avoid losing my data. (Redownload 300+ GB of games on a 1 Mb internet connection? I'll pass, thanks. The other half TB-ish of data was gravy.) There's also legacy uses, such as installing old games that you've still got physical copies of or keeping up with old backups of your data. At work I've had to deal with a bunch of 3.5'' floppy disks recently, for instance. I've had to take them to a FedEx Office store nearby to get the data off of them, because there isn't a single computer at the office, even the old ones, that still has a 3.5'' floppy drive. So, while you can get away with not having an optical drive, there are a lot of reasons why you still might want one, other than just that you don't know much about the technology.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=lifebaka] I still want a CD reader on my computers. I like to buy physical CDs to play in my car, so being able to rip the files (at a bitrate of my own choosing) is useful to me.[/quote] Not sure about the pricing on car stereos for older cars, but models with USB sockets should be fairly common in newer cars. [quote]It also helps a lot for people who are only minorly tech savvy and don't want to go through the trouble of setting up bootable USB drives for reinstalling their OS or doing hard drive transfers/reformats.[/quote] Microsoft even provides an official exe file that does all the work for you.. I'm pretty sure it works with both W7 and W8. Also, installing from USB is considerably faster than DVD. [quote]There's also legacy uses, such as installing old games that you've still got physical copies of or keeping up with old backups of your data. So, while you can get away with not having an optical drive, there are a lot of reasons why you still might want one, other than just that you don't know much about the technology.[/quote] Conclusion: get a DVD player that plugs into USB. If you're actively choosing not to buy any disks like I am, then you'll pretty much never need to use one. I can't think of a single piece of entertainment or thing that I can't get digitally, and would need to get through a disk. I use mine for legacy purposes only and it's a lot easier to have one drive that you just plug into whatever computer needs to use it. It also works with those laptops/ultrabooks that don't have a disk drive.[/quote]

[quote=lifebaka][quote=Searz] Not sure about the pricing on car stereos for older cars, but models with USB sockets should be fairly common in newer cars. [/quote] I don't think it's reasonable to assume that everyone will have newer cars, especially as we're probably talking about young people. [quote=Searz] Microsoft even provides an official exe file that does all the work for you.. I'm pretty sure it works with both W7 and W8. Also, installing from USB is considerably faster than DVD. [/quote] Microsoft does, yes, but not all third party utilities do. Burning to disk is easier than setting up a bootable USB drive for many of these third party utilities. The tool I was using required a separate utility to set up the bootable USB drive, and I just couldn't be arsed when I knew that burning to disk would work just fine. [quote=Searz] I can't think of a single piece of entertainment or thing that I can't get digitally, and would need to get through a disk. [/quote] I can think of a few, namely because I listen to obscure/unpopular enough music that I actually have difficulty finding digital copies sometimes. Especially for older music, as I refuse to listen to low bitrate files. [quote=Searz] Conclusion: get a DVD player that plugs into USB. [/quote] That's still an optical drive. Now we're just arguing form factor. And yeah, if you've got multiple computers to plug it into, that's probably the ideal form factor.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=lifebaka] I don't think it's reasonable to assume that everyone will have newer cars, especially as we're probably talking about young people.[/quote] Which is why I said: "Not sure about the pricing on car stereos for older cars", as I'm pretty sure you could buy one that supports USB for some older cars. [quote]Microsoft does, yes, but not all third party utilities do. Burning to disk is easier than setting up a bootable USB drive for many of these third party utilities. The tool I was using required a separate utility to set up the bootable USB drive, and I just couldn't be arsed when I knew that burning to disk would work just fine.[/quote] You mean when you're pirating windows? I'm pretty sure you could do that even with Microsoft's utility. There are other utilities that do it for you too though. [quote]I can think of a few, namely because I listen to obscure/unpopular enough music that I actually have difficulty finding digital copies sometimes. Especially for older music, as I refuse to listen to low bitrate files.[/quote] Well, if you're pulling the obscure card I can tell you that there are far more obscure music artists and other things on the internet than on disks.[/quote]